Weaving loom - Straumen Farm, Tromsø Municipality, Norway

• Weaving loom - Straumsgården in Straumsbukta on Kvaløya Island

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Campbell, Sandy

• This large loom is displayed on the upper level of the Straumen farmhouse Straumsbukta on Kvaløya Island in Norway. While this would have been used to weave sheep's wool into fabric, the loom is displayed with strips of rag being woven into a rug.

• Date created

  2024-06-12

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Weaving looms - Arctic Regions
  • Weaving looms - Northern Norway
  • Traditional rug making - Northern Norway

• Type of Item

  Image

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-a7f3-6p05

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International